Tuesday, May 13, 2008

This is in continuation with Mr.Reges detail when he visited shirdi .Please read the other part which are given below the post in links those who have missed it .

It is beyond our reasoning to know anything about baba and how he performed each act of HIS,we can only surrender and with complete faith listen/read to all that happened and is still happening with crores of Sai devotee across the globe .Baba is individually taking care of each and every single Sai devotee and every minute each one of us is feeling HIS presence .

In December 1914, the late Sri P.R. Avasthi went with Mr Rege to Shirdi. He had taken ‘Guru Mantra’ from a woman saint in his young days and did not know whether she was living or dead. Sri H.S. Dixit was his friend and wanted him to go for darshan of Baba; but Sri Avasthi thought that it would be 'Guru Droh ’ (faithlessness towards his Guru). When he came to know of Mr Rege's association with the Master, he spoke of his state of mind.

He was then the District Judge, Indore, and Mr Rege was Civil Judge under him. He told him that Baba was a Superb Guru – one with God – and he agreed to accompany Him provided Rege took on the responsibility. When they went infront of Baba ,Baba asked Rege who was this ‘Pissat’ (crazy man) with him. Sri Avasthi was excited.

Next day the Radhakrishna Ayi tied four mogra flowers together and handing them to Rege said,

‘Take this to the Master and ask Him to unravel it.’

Baba smelt the flowers and returned them with a message for mother Radhakrishna that she should do it.

In the mean while Sri Avasthi had a brain wave. He made a small ball (pindam) of rice out of the Naivedya offering unknown to them and decided that if Baba accepted the Pindam, he would conclude that his Guru was no more and taking Baba as Guru would not be Guru droha. rege was with him when he went to the Masjid with Naivedyam and the Pinda in his hand under the plate.

Baba said ‘Give it to me’. He took the pindam, smelt it and said ‘It has reachedits place.’

They returned to mother’s house and from the door, Sri Avasthi rushed to her and fell at her feet singing spontaneous verses for about half an hour unconscious of things around him. The mother was also in a trance. Later Sri Avasthi told Rege that in place of mother Radhakrishna he had seen his first Guru.